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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu labels his ongoing corruption trial as “political” in a new English-language video, claiming prosecutors aim to remove him from office rather than pursue justice. Netanyahu dismisses key cases as absurd and comical, referring to one as the “Bugs Bunny trial.” Amid the controversy, former U.S. President Donald Trump publicly shared Netanyahu’s formal pardon request to President Isaac Herzog, continuing his vocal support for the embattled premier. The high-profile case raises questions about politics, media influence, and legal accountability in Israel.

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00:00I'm accused of receiving favorable press coverage from a second-rate internet site.
00:06They're not interested in justice. They're interested in getting me out of office.
00:1129 years ago, your son received a Bugs Bunny doll.
00:17So help me God. That's what he has.
00:20I want to share something with you.
00:22Yesterday I did a broadcast.
00:24The interviewer says to me,
00:25Prime Minister, could you tell us what your trial is about?
00:30So I did.
00:31And I was flooded with a deluge of responses,
00:35of people who said, wow, we didn't know.
00:38So I thought I'd let you know too.
00:40I'm accused of receiving favorable press coverage from a second-rate internet site.
00:47In the 250 years of liberal democracy,
00:51no one has been accused of receiving favorable press coverage as a crime.
00:56That's the so-called bribe.
00:57Except when the trial progresses, as it did,
01:01it turns out that I didn't get favorable press coverage.
01:05I got unfavorable press coverage.
01:07I mean, the most hateful, antagonistic, negative press coverage you can imagine in Israel.
01:13And that's not an easy thing to achieve.
01:15So two years ago, the judges called the prosecution and they say, drop the bribery charge.
01:22It doesn't hold.
01:23Just let's end this thing.
01:24Prosecution refused.
01:26Yeah, it's a political trial.
01:27And they're not interested in justice.
01:29They're interested in getting me out of office.
01:32So what's left?
01:34Well, they said this when they cross-examined me.
01:38They said, Prime Minister, 29 years ago, your son received a Bugs Bunny doll.
01:46So help me God.
01:47That's what they ask.
01:48You received a Bugs Bunny doll.
01:51From now on, this trial will be known as the Bugs Bunny trial.
01:55And you also received cigars from a friend.
01:59That's what I'm being charged with.
02:01Now, this is absurd.
02:03And of course, this trial is just going on and on and on.
02:05Six years, six years of bogus investigations on these idiotic charges.
02:11And the trial now has been going on for four years.
02:14And it's expected to go on for another two to three years.
02:18I have to go into trial.
02:20Let's see.
02:20I got to sit down when I tell you this.
02:21Okay.
02:22I have to go three times a week, eight hours per day to discuss this nonsense.
02:29Now, it's funny.
02:30It's comedic.
02:32Yeah, I was a champion debater in my high school.
02:35So it's a farce.
02:37But this farce is causing the country a lot.
02:41There are big things to do.
02:43There are peace treaties to get.
02:45There's AI and other technologies that are amazing that could change Israel,
02:50could change the Middle East, could change the world.
02:52That's what we do best in Israel.
02:55I can't deal with that.
02:56So they asked for a pardon.
02:58I asked for a pardon.
02:59Okay.
03:00And we'll see if it comes out.
03:02But you wanted to know what this trial is about?
03:05This is what this trial is about.
03:08Bugs Bunny and cigars.
03:10It's ridiculous.
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